What was Bolt's winning time in the 2011 World Championships 200 metres final?

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Usain Bolt won the 2011 World Championships 200 metres final in 19.40 seconds.

The race was held at Daegu Stadium on 3 September 2011, just days after Bolt’s disqualification from the championships’ 100-metre final. He responded by winning the 200 metres decisively, finishing three-tenths of a second ahead of American Walter Dix, who ran 19.70.

Bolt was the defending champion and world-record holder, but he approached the race cautiously after the false start. He qualified smoothly through the heats and semifinals, then pulled away from Dix on the bend and powered through the straight. Christophe Lemaitre finished third in 19.80, setting a French national record.

The 19.40 was not a world record: Bolt’s global mark was 19.19, set in Berlin in 2009. It was, however, among the fastest times ever recorded and was described at the time as the fastest performance that was not a world record.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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